The War Department Lands (Kortright Hill and Kennedy Ridge) Ordinance

1278 Cap. 124] War Department Lands CHAPTER 124. WAR DEPARTMENT LANDS (KORTRIGHT HILL AND KENNEDY RIDGE). ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS. SECTION. I. Short title.

CHAPTER 124. WAR DEPARTMENT LANDS (KORTRIGHT HILL AND KENNEDY RIDGE). 5 of 1884. An Ordinance for giving Possession to the War Department of Land at Kortright Hill and Kennedy Ridge for the purpose of Constructing Barracks and a Rifle Range thereon. [7TH MARCH, 1884;] Preamble. WHEREAS it is desirable that Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the time being for the War Department (hereinafter called the said Secretary of State) should, on behalf * of Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, have possession of lands at Kortright Hill and Kennedy Ridge for the purpose of constructing barracks and a rifle range thereon, and that the same should be vested in the said Secretary of State: ANn WHEREAS an Ordinance intituled An Ordinance relating to the barracks and rifle range at Kortright Hill and Kennedy Ridge has been passed in the Legislative Council of Sierra Leone, enabling the said Secretary of State to acquire compulsorily by purchase land at the said places: AND WHEREAS due and sufficient notice has been give of the intention of the said Secretary of State to acquire land under that Ordinance, and all claims for compensation under that Ordinance have been satisfied. 1. Short title. This Ordinance may be cited as the War Department Lands (Kortright Hill and Kennedy Ridge) Ordinance. * Her Majesty Queen Victoria. War Department Lands [Cap. 124 1279 z I:rrunediately from and after the time that this Ordinance ~e~~g 't ~Illes law, the portion of land described in the schedule, s~re~ ~r beeether with all messuages, tenements, estates, and other ~tb.te1rr ~o~editaillents, and all streams therein included (but no portion .J.era M~jesty. fthe stream referre~ to as L~icester Stream), shall ?e, remain, 0 d continue vested m the said Secretary of State m trust for i'fer :Majesty, Her heirs and successors: Provided always that no works which may interfere with the running of adjacent s.tr~ams shall be constr"!ct~d o~ the. ~aid 1 nd without the permissiOn of the Governor, sigmfied m wntmg, and that it shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works, or for any person authorised by the Governor in that behalf to enter at any time upon the said lands, or any part thereof, for the purpose of viewing and exami~g ~he building ~~d construction of any such works, and of VIewmg and exammmg the condition of any stream running through, or rising out of, the said land.

The land at Kortright Hill and Kennedy Ridge to the S.E. of Freetown, which forms the subject of this Ordinance, is shown on the sketch C (deposited at Government House), and included in the following boundaries- (1) From a boundary mark at Savage Bridge where the existing path to Kortright Hill crosses White Water, up this stream to a boundary mark at the junction of Tipping Brook and Allen Stream. (2) Along Allen Stream to a boundary mark at the spring from which it flows. (3) From the spring in a southerly direction to a boundary mark at the pool in Leicester Stream known as Wawn's Dip. (4) Down the Leicester Stream to a boundary mark at Streeten Falls. (5) Along a path, of which the plan B (deposited at Government House) is a survey. Boundary marks are placed at the points marked 1 to 9 on this plan. Sec. 2.